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BRADGATE PARK - OLD JOHNS TOWER 11th FEBRUARY 2008
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Location - |
Leicestershire - Bradgate Park |
Map - |
Loughborough, Melton Mowbray & Syston - Sheet 246 |
Route - |
Car Park (SK 54275, 11370), Woods to Old John Tower, War Memorial, Tyburn, Newton Lindford, Bradgate House (ruins), Cropston Reservoir, Car Park |
Distance - |
4 Miles |
Weather - |
Sunny |
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Route Map - |
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Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland. |
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Leaving the car park at Cropston we turned right heading up hill. |
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A good sky enhanced by a polarizing filter . |
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Walking around the trees Old John Tower comes into view. |
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The are plenty of different tracks to take in Bradgate Park. |
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A little further up the hill to Old John Tower at an altitude of 207m |
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From Old John Tower showing the multitude of paths. |
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The War Memorial. |
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Looking back to the War Memorial as we drop downhill. The sun still shining quite strongly. |
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Meeting the private road which runs between Newton Lindford and Cropston there were many more people about all enjoying this lovely February day. |
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Easy walking for most folk on a tarmac road. |
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Continuing back to the car park along side the river which feeds Cropston Reservoir. . |
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The War Memorial and Old John Tower from the private road. |
Thanks for visiting. |